The worst World Series idea ever

Ward, San Antonio, Tx — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:49:29 GMT

Does MLbaseball want to continue to lose more and more fans? The World Series in Houston or Tampa just because they have domes or good weather in November? Why not shorten the season, bring back double headers, and let the World Series play out in early October again? That makes more sense. Day games would be better also. I don't really care if the west coast misses the first pitch. Every should be able to see the end of the game at a reasonable time!

The worst World Series idea ever

John Provine, Tucson, AZ — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:13:05 GMT

Totally agree. The World Series at a neutral site is a bad, bad idea. But not as bad as playing it in a howling blizzard, which is bound to happen sooner or later as long as it extends into November.

There's a simple solution: make the season shorter. I don't mean play less games, I mean play day-night doubleheaders on Sundays and holidays, sort of like they did in the old days. That cuts the length of the season by 20-25 days without losing any gate revenue.

Yes, I know players hate day-nighters. But do they hate them worse than playing the World Series in the snow?

And regarding the All-Star game determining home field in the World Series ... that is, as you point out Ted, the single stupidest idea in the history of the universe. To have home field determined by something that has no connection whatsoever to the teams playing is beyond ludicrous.

But the whole issue also points out something more subtle in the thought processes of the mucky-muks of MLB ... and that is, once decisions like this get made, they become cast in stone. Somebody needs to uncast them. Somebody needs to simply stand up and say, "Yep, this was a bad idea. We'll fix it."

I won't hold my breath.

The worst World Series idea ever

Mike, Chesterton, In — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:23:15 GMT

Please, the talk of expanding the first round started right after the anointed National League Champion Chicago Cubs choked their way out of the playoffs in the only sweep of the 2008 playoffs. Even if the Division Series had been a best of 7, the Cubs still would have lost, as only 1 team has ever come back from 0-3 to win a series.

MLB does not need to expand the first round, in fact I wish they would make every round best of 5.

The season is way to long as it is, they need to cut games, not add games.

The worst World Series idea ever

Jeff - Burnsville, MN — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:51:10 GMT

Yes, the Division Series should be 7 games, not 5. It leaves open teh biggest gap for the worst team among the final 8 to advance to the final 4 with the least guarantee of being the better team.

What REALLY needs to happen though is getting rid of the Division Series and returning to the NL East/NL West and AL East/AL West series the way it was since 1969. You had 4 teams each of which was the top team of at least 6 in its division, no chance of winning a division with a sub-.500 record (it's inevitable). As it is now, you hardly ever have the best 2 teams squaring off in the Series, hence the lowest ratings ever these days. Does anybody seriously claim the Phillies were the best team in their league all year? The Rays? Thank you. So what does a Series between them prove? Zilch, it's a glorified interleague series. Both the Phillies and Rays barely won their respective divisions anyway. If you need to add 2 teams to balance out the schedule, do it. Contract 2? Do it. Always have an interleague series going on all throughout the regular season so the teams match up? Do it. The whole setup is broken now as is.

The worst World Series idea ever

Gary S., Templeton, Calif — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:09:08 GMT

Even though he did not take the field once in 2008, Barry Bonds is mentioned twice in this article. Did the owners collude against him? Even if they did, it will be very hard to prove. The truth is that teams did not want to deal with his baggage, so why even talk to him? I'm a big Barry fan, but he made this bed for himself, now he is having to lay in it. A sad ending for the career of one of the best ever.
Two offseasons, two times Scott Boras has proven he has the integrity of a snake oil salesman. If you remember, he issued the press release during the 2007 World Series about A-Rod opting out of his contract. In 2008, he is the evil mastermind behind the disgusting way Manny played his way out of Boston. If I were a ballplayer, there is no way I would let this guy represent me. Too much bad karma.

The worst World Series idea ever

clarksville tn — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:35:12 GMT

Move the world series to a warm city or two to keep the players from pulling muscles or something that could end their careers

The worst World Series idea ever

Laureen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:30:53 GMT

Don't lump Houston in with the "something-for-nothing" crowd. If we didn't win it, we don't want it here. The privlege of having a World Series game in your city should be EARNED by winning the Pennant. Hello?

The worst World Series idea ever

TKB, Phila., Pa. — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:52:58 GMT

Baseball would be better served if it had a commissioner instead of an owner posing as one. Like a few others have already mentioned, the game needs to go back to playing two on Saturdays and/or Sundays and be finished no later then the second week in October. Maybe the beginning of the third. The line about Selig taking unfair hits?? I don't think so. He's supposed to make decisions for the good of the game. That includes the fan base and not just the owners.

The worst World Series idea ever

Rick Flick Hamilton, Ohio — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:30:00 GMT

Dumbest idea ever:
I still have never gotten a satisfactory answer as to why the NL Central has 6 teams and the AL West has 4. Yeah, the answer lies buried in the mind of Bud Selig who coicidentally owned the Milwuakee Brewers, a former AL team that now resides in the....yes, the NL Central. Now a NL Central team has to "outplay" 5 other teams while an AL West team could conceivably only have to beat 2 teasm for a postseason berth.
Why on earth was this move ever made? All it did was throw the leagues out of balance.

The worst World Series idea ever

Jack Carlton,Salt Lake (via StL) Utah — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:25:34 GMT

I'm 77. amd followed baseball since I was a kid when we could get into the Brownies games free on Saturday with the knot hole gang. Since long before football got smart and changed the Super Bowl to warm weather for best conditions, and thus better play. Who would really want to go back to the old below zero Bart Starr game in Green Bay. The same would hold true in the World Series. The play would be better, pitchers better, more confortable fans. Come on all you purists, forget your home game, think of what's best for the game. In 3-4 years nobody would want to go back.

The worst World Series idea ever

Robert Wayne, Lake Charles, LA — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:07:53 GMT

I agree with Laureen. We baseball fans in southeast TX and southwest Louisiana don't want a World Series here unless the Astros are playing in it, and I don't mean playing like they did in that crappy 2005 series where they looked like they were asleep the whole time.